Neodymium (Nd)
Neodymium is a soft, silvery metal that tarnishes easily, but it is what it does that is important, not how it looks. According to some, this element is more valuable than gold. Until relatively recently neodymium was just another one of the 16 rare earth elements (REEs) on the periodic table. However, this group of elements has been growing rapidly to the point that, according to a British Geological Survey in 2011, the REEs are the fifth most at-risk group of elements. Neodymium is one of the many materials that is driving the future of our products because of what it contributes to a vast range of industries.
This boom in the use of REEs is born from a succession of devices, mainly centred around renewable energy, where they ...
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